Puttaparthi Mandal

Puttaparthi Mandal, with population of about 59 thousand is Anantapur district's the 16th most populous sub district, located in Anantapur district of the state Andhra Pradesh in India. There are 11 villages in the sub district, among them Puttaparthi is the most populous village with population of about 15 thousand and Satarlapalle is the least populous village with population of 474. Amagondapalem is the biggest village in the sub district with an area of 69 km2 and Satarlapalle is the smallest with 5 km2.

There are 1 census towns in the sub district, those are - Yenumalapalle Census Town.

Demographics

The sub district is home to about 59 thousand people, among them about 30 thousand (51%) are male and about 29 thousand (49%) are female. 80% of the whole population are from general caste, 13% are from schedule caste and 8% are schedule tribes. Child (aged under 6 years) population of Puttaparthi mandal is 11%, among them 52% are boys and 48% are girls. There are about 15 thousand households in the sub district and an average 4 persons live in every family.

Religion wise distribution of population

Hindus contribute 94% of the total population and are the largest religious community in the sub district followed by Muslims which contribute 6% of the total population.. Female Sex ratio per 1000 male in Hindus are 966 in Muslims are 994.

Growth of population

Population of the sub district has increased by 17.8% in last 10 years. In 2001 census total population here were about 50 thousand. Female population growth rate of the sub district is 19% which is 2.3% higher than male population growth rate of 16.7%. General caste population has increased by 14.8%; Schedule caste population has increased by 28.9%; Schedule Tribe population has increased by 35.2% and child population has decreased by -0.2% in the sub district since last census.

Sex Ratio - Females per 1000 Male

As of 2011 census there are 970 females per 1000 male in the sub district. Sex ratio in general caste is 973, in schedule caste is 965 and in schedule tribe is 948. There are 912 girls under 6 years of age per 1000 boys of the same age in the sub district. Overall sex ratio in the sub district has increased by 19 females per 1000 male during the years from 2001 to 2011. Child sex ratio here has increased by 8 girls per 1000 boys during the same time.

Literacy

Total about 35 thousand people in the sub district are literate, among them about 20 thousand are male and about 15 thousand are female. Literacy rate (children under 6 are excluded) of Puttaparthi is 66%. 75% of male and 56% of female population are literate here. Overall literacy rate in the sub district has increased by 9%. Male literacy has gone up by 6% and female literacy rate has gone up by 12%.

Workers profile

Puttaparthi has 47% (about 28 thousand) population engaged in either main or marginal works. 55% male and 39% female population are working population. 45% of total male population are main (full time) workers and 10% are marginal (part time) workers. For women 25% of total female population are main and 14% are marginal workers.